New Books in Science Fiction
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Suzy Krause, "I Think We've Been Here Before" (Radiant Press, 2024)
Dec 24, 2024 • 24m
Peter Darbyshire, "The Mona Lisa Sacrifice" (Poplar Press, 2024)
Dec 23, 2024 • 46m
Emily A. Weedon, "Autokrator" (Cormorant Books, 2024)
Dec 21, 2024 • 32m
Benjamin Resnick, "Next Stop" (Simon and Schuster, 2024)
Nov 12, 2024 • 29m
CK Westbrook, "The Aftermath" (4 Horsemen Publications, 2024)
Oct 20, 2024 • 57m
Edward Shanks, "The People of the Ruins" (MIT Press, 2024)
Aug 6, 2024 • 1h 1m
Graham McNeill, "Horus Heresy - False Gods" (Games Workshop, 2014)
Jun 25, 2024 • 31m
Wole Talabi, "Convergence Problems" (Astra Publishing House, 2024)
Apr 7, 2024 • 1h 1m
Adapting Liu Cixin’s "Three-Body Problem" for Television
Apr 2, 2024 • 1h 21m
Scott Alexander Howard, "The Other Valley" (Atria Books, 2024)
Mar 14, 2024 • 41m
Marie-Helene Bertino, "Beautyland" (FSG, 2024)
Feb 27, 2024 • 46m
Harry Turtledove, "Wages of Sin" (Caezik SF & Fantasy, 2024)
Feb 26, 2024 • 22m
Samantha Harvey, "Orbital" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023)
Jan 26, 2024 • 56m
Waubgeshig Rice, "Moon of the Turning Leaves" (William Morrow, 2023)
Jan 16, 2024 • 47m
Jarret Keene, "Hammer of the Dogs" (U Nevada Press, 2023)
Dec 17, 2023 • 41m
A Better Way to Buy Books
Sep 12, 2023 • 32m
Em X. Liu, "The Death I Gave Him" (Solaris, 2023)
Sep 7, 2023 • 53m
Samuel R. Delany, Neveryon and Beyond
Aug 17, 2023 • 28m
Nick Harkaway, "Titanium Noir" (Knopf, 2023)
Aug 3, 2023 • 42m
Arin Greenwood, "Your Robot Dog Will Die" (Soho, 2019)
Jul 31, 2023 • 1h 3m
Karen Lord, "The Blue, Beautiful World" (Del Rey, 2023)
Jul 6, 2023 • 40m
CK Westbrook, "The Shooting" (4 Horsemen Publications, 2022)
Jul 2, 2023 • 44m
Red Team Blues and the Social Dimensions of Technology
Jun 12, 2023 • 1h 9m
Emma Mieko Candon, "The Archive Undying" (Tordotcom, 2023)
Jun 1, 2023 • 52m
Ray Nayler, "The Mountain in the Sea" (MCD, 2022)
May 27, 2023 • 56m
Gareth L. Powell, "Descendant Machine" (Titan Books, 2023)
May 4, 2023 • 41m
Brad Kelly, "House of Sleep" (2021)
Apr 19, 2023 • 43m
Leslye Penelope, "The Monsters We Defy" (Redhook, 2022)
Mar 30, 2023 • 31m
Jinwoo Chong, "Flux" (Melville House, 2023)
Mar 24, 2023 • 48m
Lavanya Lakshminarayan, "The Ten Percent Thief" (Solaris, 2023)
Mar 2, 2023 • 49m
Denise Crittendon, "Where it Rains in Color" (Angry Robot, 2022)
Feb 2, 2023 • 47m
Annalee Newitz, "The Terraformers" (Tor Books, 2023)
Jan 5, 2023 • 42m
Books in Dark Times: A Discussion with Kim Stanley Robinson
Dec 15, 2022 • 24m
Hiron Ennes, "Leech" (Tordotcom, 2022)
Dec 1, 2022 • 44m
On H. G. Well's "The Time Machine"
Nov 15, 2022 • 37m
Alastair Reynolds, "Eversion" (Orbit, 2022)
Nov 3, 2022 • 50m
Halloween Special: Schrodinger’s Cat Redux
Oct 26, 2022 • 13m
Victor Manibo, "The Sleepless" (Erewhon, 2022)
Oct 6, 2022 • 47m
Virtual Reality as Immersive Enclosure, with Paul Roquet (EF, JP)
Oct 6, 2022 • 38m
Joma West, "Face" (Tordotcom, 2022)
Sep 8, 2022 • 41m
Megan Giddings, "The Women Could Fly" (Amistad, 2022)
Aug 11, 2022 • 49m
F. Brett Cox, "Roger Zelazny" (U Illinois Press, 2021)
Jul 26, 2022 • 1h 7m
85* Pu Wang and John Plotz look back on their Cixin Liu interview
Jul 21, 2022 • 31m
Nandita Dinesh, "This Place That Place" (Melville House, 2022)
Jul 19, 2022 • 25m
B. L. Blanchard, "The Peacekeeper" (47north, 2022)
Jul 14, 2022 • 55m
84* Cixin Liu Talk About Science Fiction (JP, Pu Wang)
Jul 7, 2022 • 50m
Vauhini Vara, "The Immortal King Rao: A Novel" (W. W. Norton, 2022)
Jun 30, 2022 • 33m
José Rivera, "Lovesong (Imperfect) (Broadway Play Publishing, 2021)
Jun 27, 2022 • 45m
The Career of a Writer: A Discussion with Douglas Richards
Jun 24, 2022 • 58m
John Scalzi, "The Kaiju Preservation Society" (Tor Books, 2022)
Jun 9, 2022 • 54m
On Teaching Religion on YouTube
May 10, 2022 • 45m
Khan Wong, "The Circus Infinite" (Angry Robot, 2022)
May 5, 2022 • 34m
Outdated Futures
May 2, 2022 • 17m
Ta-wei Chi, "The Membranes: A Novel" (Columbia UP, 2021)
Apr 26, 2022 • 1h 13m
Chris Panatier, "Stringers" (Angry Robot, 2022)
Apr 7, 2022 • 51m
Sherryl Vint, "Science Fiction" (MIT Press, 2021)
Apr 4, 2022 • 59m
3.4 The Work of Inhabiting a Role: Charles Yu speaks to Chris Fan (JP)
Mar 17, 2022 • 46m
Mike Chen, "Light Years from Home: A Novel" (Mira Books, 2022)
Mar 10, 2022 • 42m
Tochi Onyebuchi, "Goliath" (Tordotcom, 2022)
Feb 17, 2022 • 37m
Ron Walters, "Deep Dive" (Angry Robot, 2022)
Jan 27, 2022 • 45m
Dan Hanks, "Swashbucklers" (Angry Robot, 2021)
Jan 6, 2022 • 37m
Patricia A. Jackson, "Forging a Nightmare" (Angry Robot, 2021)
Dec 16, 2021 • 37m
Phil M. Cohen, "Nick Bones Underground" (Koehler Books, 2019)
Nov 11, 2021 • 26m
Jennifer Marie Brissett, "Destroyer of Light" (Tor Books, 2021)
Nov 4, 2021 • 1h 4m
Ryka Aoki, "Light From Uncommon Stars" (Tor Books, 2021)
Oct 14, 2021 • 43m
Cadwell Turnbull, "No Gods, No Monsters" (Blackstone, 2021)
Sep 23, 2021 • 35m
S. Qiouyi Lu, "In the Watchful City" (Tordotcom, 2021)
Sep 2, 2021 • 34m
Jackson Ford, "Eye of the Sh*t Storm" (Orbit, 2021)
Aug 12, 2021 • 26m
Gautam Bhatia, "The Wall" (Harper Collins, 2020)
Jul 22, 2021 • 35m
Sarah Gailey, "The Echo Wife" (Tor Books, 2021)
Jul 1, 2021 • 43m
Andy Weir, "Project Hail Mary: A Novel" (Ballantine Books, 2021)
Jun 10, 2021 • 42m
Adrian Tchaikovsky, "The Doors of Eden" (Orbit, 2020)
May 20, 2021 • 26m
Ginger Smith, "The Rush's Edge" (Angry Robot, 2020)
Apr 29, 2021 • 40m
Robbie Arnott, "The Rain Heron" (FSG Originals, 2021)
Apr 8, 2021 • 30m
Alison Stine, "Road Out of Winter" (Mira Books, 2020)
Apr 7, 2021 • 45m
S. B. Divya, "Machinehood" (Gallery/Saga Press, 2021)
Mar 18, 2021 • 41m
Chris Panatier, "The Phlebotomist" (Angry Robot, 2020)
Feb 25, 2021 • 35m
R. W. W. Greene, "The Light Years" (Angry Robot, 2020)
Feb 4, 2021 • 29m
Rebecca Roanhorse, "Black Sun" (Gallery/Saga Press, 2020)
Jan 14, 2021 • 34m
Kim Stanley Robinson, "The Ministry for the Future" (Hachette, 2020)
Dec 24, 2020 • 46m
Paul Kingsnorth, "Alexandria" (Graywolf Press, 2020)
Dec 11, 2020 • 28m
Alix E. Harrow, "The Once and Future Witches" (Redhook, 2020)
Nov 25, 2020 • 36m
P. Djèlí Clark, "Ring Shout" (Tordotcom, 2020)
Oct 29, 2020 • 32m
Jasper Fforde, "The Constant Rabbit" (Viking, 2020)
Oct 8, 2020 • 44m
Diane Cook, "The New Wilderness" (Harper, 2020)
Sep 17, 2020 • 36m
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, "NeuroScience Fiction" (Benbella Books, 2020)
Sep 10, 2020 • 59m
Madeline Ashby, "ReV: The Machine Dynasty, Book III" (Angry Robot, 2020)
Aug 27, 2020 • 56m
Premee Mohamed, "Beneath the Rising" (Solaris, 2020)
Jul 30, 2020 • 32m
Ilze Hugo, "The Down Days" (Skybound Books, 2020)
Jul 9, 2020 • 33m
Tochi Onyebuchi, "Riot Baby" (Tor.com, 2020)
Jun 18, 2020 • 39m
Megan E. O'Keefe, "Velocity Weapon" (Orbit, 2019)
May 28, 2020 • 24m
Laura Lam, "Goldilocks" (Orbit, 2020)
May 7, 2020 • 33m
Tyler Hayes, "The Imaginary Corpse" (Angry Robot, 2019)
Apr 16, 2020 • 31m
Ken Liu, "The Hidden Girl and Other Stories" (Gallery/Saga Press, 2020)
Mar 26, 2020 • 59m
K. M. Szpara, "Docile" (Tor.com, 2020)
Mar 12, 2020 • 52m
Karl Schroeder, "Stealing Worlds" (Tor Books, 2019)
Feb 27, 2020 • 45m
Nino Cipri, "Homesick: Stories" (Dzanc Books, 2019)
Feb 13, 2020 • 46m
Kameron Hurley, "The Light Brigade" (Saga Press, 2019)
Jan 30, 2020 • 45m
Mike Chen, "A Beginning at the End" (MIRA, 2020)
Jan 16, 2020 • 38m
Seanan McGuire, "Middlegame" (Tor.com, 2019)
Jan 2, 2020 • 32m
K Chess, "Famous Men Who Never Lived" (Tin House, 2019)
Dec 19, 2019 • 26m
Sarah Pinsker, "A Song for a New Day" (Berkley, 2019)
Nov 21, 2019 • 29m
Craig DiLouie, "Our War" (Orbit, 2019)
Nov 7, 2019 • 45m
Kathryn Conrad on University Press Publishing
Nov 3, 2019 • 40m
H. G. Parry, "The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep" (Redhook, 2019)
Oct 24, 2019 • 40m
John Birmingham, "The Cruel Stars" (Del Rey, 2019)
Oct 10, 2019 • 40m
Annalee Newitz, "The Future of Another Timeline" (Tor, 2019)
Sep 26, 2019 • 45m
Cadwell Turnbull, "The Lesson" (Blackstone Publishing, 2019)
Sep 12, 2019 • 39m
C.A. Fletcher, "A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World" (Orbit, 2019)
Aug 22, 2019 • 36m
David Wellington, "The Last Astronaut" (Orbit, 2019)
Jul 18, 2019 • 48m
Eliot Peper, "Breach" (47North, 2019)
Jul 4, 2019 • 44m
Audrey Schulman, "Theory of Bastards" (Europa Editions, 2018)
Jun 6, 2019 • 38m
Caitlin Starling, "The Luminous Dead" (Harper Voyager, 2019)
May 16, 2019 • 38m
Meg Elison, "The Book of Flora" (47North, 2019)
May 3, 2019 • 38m
Tade Thompson, "The Rosewater Insurrection" (Orbit, 2019)
Mar 21, 2019 • 49m
Mike Chen, "Here and Now and Then" (MIRA, 2019)
Mar 7, 2019 • 37m
James Rollins, "Crucible" (William Morrow, 2019)
Feb 18, 2019 • 41m
Tom Sweterlitsch, "The Gone World" (G.P. Putnam Son's, 2018)
Jan 30, 2019 • 38m
Catherynne M. Valente, "Space Opera" (Saga Press, 2018)
Jan 17, 2019 • 44m
Peng Shepherd, "The Book of M" (William Morrow, 2018)
Jan 3, 2019 • 25m
Bina Shah, "Before She Sleeps" (Delphinium Books, 2018)
Dec 20, 2018 • 31m
Alec Nevala-Lee, "Astounding" (Dey Street Books, 2018)
Nov 29, 2018 • 44m
Steven Shaviro, “Discognition” (Repeater Books, 2016)
Nov 20, 2018 • 1h 7m
Eliot Peper, “Borderless” (47North)
Nov 15, 2018 • 42m
John Crowley, “Ka: Dar Oakley in the Ruin of Ymr” (Saga Press, 2017)
Nov 1, 2018 • 43m
Wade Roush, ed., “Twelve Tomorrows” (MIT Press, 2018)
Oct 18, 2018 • 40m
Karin Tidbeck, “Amatka” (Vintage, 2017)
Oct 4, 2018 • 35m
Rebecca Roanhorse, “Trail of Lightning” (Saga Press, 2018)
Sep 20, 2018 • 31m
Rivers Solomon, “An Unkindness of Ghosts” (Akashic Books, 2017)
Aug 30, 2018 • 40m
K.R. Richardson, “Blood Orbit,” (Pyr, 2018)
Aug 16, 2018 • 38m
Martha Wells, “Rogue Protocol: The Murderbot Diaries” (Tor, 2018)
Aug 2, 2018 • 35m
Sam J. Miller, “Blackfish City” (Ecco, 2018)
Jul 19, 2018 • 38m
Daryl Gregory, “Spoonbenders” (Knopf, 2017)
Jul 5, 2018 • 30m
Maggie Shen King, “An Excess Male” (Harper Voyager, 2017)
Jun 21, 2018 • 35m
Fonda Lee, “Jade City” (Orbit, 2017)
Jun 8, 2018 • 36m
Douglas Lain, “Bash Bash Revolution” (Night Shade Books, 2018)
May 24, 2018 • 38m
Annalee Newitz, “Autonomous” (Tor, 2017)
May 10, 2018 • 34m
E.J. Swift, “Paris Adrift” (Solaris, 2018)
Apr 26, 2018 • 31m
Mur Lafferty, “Six Wakes” (Orbit, 2017)
Apr 9, 2018 • 30m
Tim Pratt, “The Wrong Stars” (Angry Robot, 2017)
Mar 23, 2018 • 36m
Meg Elison, “The Book of Etta” (47North, 2017)
Mar 1, 2018 • 29m
Robert J. Sawyer, “Quantum Night” (Ace, 2016)
Feb 15, 2018 • 35m
Nick Montfort, “The Future” (MIT, 2017)
Jan 29, 2018 • 32m
Omar El Akkad, “American War” (Knopf, 2017)
Jan 25, 2018 • 39m
David Walton, “The Genius Plague” (Pyr, 2017)
Jan 8, 2018 • 37m
Becky Chambers, “A Closed and Common Orbit” (Harper Voyager, 2017)
Dec 19, 2017 • 37m
Stephen Baxter, “The Massacre of Mankind,” (Crown, 2017)
Nov 24, 2017 • 46m
Julie E. Czerneda, Ed., “Nebula Awards Showcase 2017,” (Pyr, 2017)
Oct 31, 2017 • 30m
PJ Manney, “(ID)entity,” (47North, 2017)
Oct 9, 2017 • 40m
Malka Older, “Null States,” (Tor, 2017)
Sep 18, 2017 • 39m
Ben H. Winters, “Underground Airlines” (Mulholland Books, 2016)
Sep 13, 2017 • 48m
Claudia Casper, “The Mercy Journals,” (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2016)
Aug 25, 2017 • 35m
Linda Nagata, “The Last Good Man” (Mythic Island Press, 2017)
Jul 20, 2017 • 41m
Nicky Drayden, “The Prey of Gods” (Harper Voyager, 2017)
Jun 13, 2017 • 41m
Aliette de Bodard, “The House of Binding Thorns” (Ace, 2017)
Apr 7, 2017 • 31m
Ada Palmer, “Too Like the Lightning” (Tor, 2016)
Aug 23, 2016 • 39m
Eliot Fintushel, “Zen City,” (Zero Books, 2016)
Jul 20, 2016 • 38m
Dave Hutchinson, “Europe in Autumn” (Solaris, 2014)
Jun 29, 2016 • 41m
Ramez Naam, “Apex” (Angry Robot, 2015)
Jun 2, 2016 • 27m
Adam Rakunas, “Windswept” (Angry Robot, 2015)
Apr 27, 2016 • 41m
Marguerite Reed, “Archangel” (Arche Press, 2015)
Mar 30, 2016 • 23m
PJ Manney, “(R)evolution” (47North, 2015)
Mar 14, 2016 • 35m
Brenda Cooper, “Edge of Dark” (Pyr, 2015)
Feb 16, 2016 • 26m
Douglas Lain, “After the Saucers Landed” (Night Shade Books, 2015)
Feb 3, 2016 • 32m
David B. Coe, “His Father’s Eyes,” (Baen, 2015)
Jan 5, 2016 • 30m
Katherine Addison, “The Goblin Emperor” (Tor Books, 2014)
Nov 8, 2015 • 42m
Jane Lindskold, “Artemis Invaded” (Tor, 2015)
Oct 5, 2015 • 36m
Melinda Snodgrass, “Edge of Dawn” (Tor, 2015)
Sep 4, 2015 • 30m
James L. Cambias, “Corsair” (Tor Books, 2015)
Aug 17, 2015 • 40m
Porochista Khakpour, “The Last Illusion” (Bloomsbury USA, 2014)
Jul 17, 2015 • 33m
Ferrett Steinmetz, “Flex” (Angry Robot 2015)
Jun 23, 2015 • 35m
Ken Liu, “The Grace of Kings” (Saga Press, 2015)
Jun 2, 2015 • 41m
Claire North, “The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August” (Redhook)
Apr 28, 2015 • 35m
Rod Duncan, “The Bullet-Catcher’s Daughter” (Angry Robot, 2014)
Mar 4, 2015 • 39m
Ben H. Winters, “World of Trouble” (Quirk Books, 2014)
Feb 3, 2015 • 30m
Kameron Hurley, “The Mirror Empire” (Angry Robot, 2014)
Jan 5, 2015 • 33m
Alex London, “Guardian” (Philomel, 2014)
Dec 9, 2014 • 37m
Brian Staveley, “The Emperor’s Blades” (Tor, 2014)
Oct 21, 2014 • 42m
Robert Silverberg, “Science Fiction: 101” (Roc, 2014)
Oct 7, 2014 • 30m
Max Gladstone, “Full Fathom Five” (Tor, 2014)
Sep 22, 2014 • 37m
Andy Weir, “The Martian” (Crown, 2014)
Sep 6, 2014 • 32m
James L. Cambias, “A Darkling Sea” (Tor, 2014)
Aug 19, 2014 • 28m
Shelbi Wescott, “Virulent” (Arthur Press, 2013)
Aug 4, 2014 • 29m
Emmi Itaranta, “Memory of Water” (Harper Voyager, 2014)
Jul 22, 2014 • 29m
Greg van Eekhout, “California Bones” (Tor Books, 2014)
Jul 7, 2014 • 29m
Ben Hatke, “Legends of Zita the Spacegirl” (First Second, 2012)
Sep 2, 2013 • 55m
Hugh C. Howey, “Wool” (Simon and Schuster, 2012)
Jul 17, 2013 • 39m
R.S. Belcher, “Six-Gun Tarot” (Tor, 2013)
Feb 4, 2013 • 59m
Ramez Naam, “Nexus” (Angry Robot, 2012)
Jan 18, 2013 • 30m
Felix Gilman, “The Rise of Ransom City” (Tor, 2012)
Jan 8, 2013 • 1h 12m
Alastair Reynolds, “Blue Remembered Earth” (Gollancz, 2012)
Oct 31, 2012 • 1h 13m
Meagan Spooner, “Skylark” (Carolrhoda Books, 2012)
Oct 3, 2012 • 46m
D.B. Jackson, “Thieftaker” (Tor Books, 2012)
Sep 19, 2012 • 57m
Ken MacLeod, “The Night Sessions” (Pyr, 2012)
Sep 5, 2012 • 1h 3m
Alison Miers, “Charlinder’s Walk” (CreateSpace, 2011)
Jul 31, 2012 • 31m
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